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Tag Archives: California

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by Christopher Hooks

What California Can Teach Us About Texas

If the Lone Star State doesn't want to be like the Golden State, we're really doing it wrong.

Wed, Dec 2, 2015 |

Texas badly underinvests in health care, education and infrastructure at a time of extreme growth. It seems that, like California, we’ll further restrict our ...Read More

Connie Wilson

Texas Woman Denied Driver’s License Over Same-Sex Marriage

Fri, Sep 19, 2014 |

A woman who recently relocated from California says the Texas Department of Public Safety refused to issue her an accurate driver's license because her last nam...Read More

by Bill Minutaglio

To Each According to Greed: Rick Perry, Toyota and the Texas Enterprise Fund

Thu, Jun 12, 2014 |

The Texas Enterprise Fund is an under-scrutinized program that Texas’ mainstream media routinely ignores....Read More

Texas Gov. Rick Perry

by Forrest Wilder

Believe in the ‘Texas Miracle’ But Trust in Facts

Fri, Mar 7, 2014 |

Gov. Rick Perry and others say Texas enjoy a "miracle" economy. But small businesses and poor and middle-income Texans pay taxes higher than much of the nation,...Read More

by Christopher Hooks

Rick Perry Toasts Arthur Laffer, Roasts California

Mon, Nov 18, 2013 |

Gov. Rick Perry joined Arthur Laffer in yet another bid to wrest control of the national consciousness from that great nemesis of our state — California....Read More

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